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So, I ended up at the bookstore and bought a nice Nike dry fit blue shirt. I had to laugh at the logo though. It was the Arby's A with the word AKRON under it. If your logo is so bad you have to describe what it is under it, you might not have the best logo.

I did have a brief moment of excitement when I saw the word Alabama. Then I saw the first word on the next line was State. In all seriousness, if the website has the final schedule, it's weak in a way that would make JD envious.

One man's small time is another mans paradise.

If you wanted to buy a Zips golf/polo shirt in NE Ohio and didn't want to go to campus, what is your advice for the best places? I want to buy something this afternoon so please post quickly.

I've been trying to like the new logo until this. It is Arby's A. I officially hate it.

I see a football program that is set up to fail in an effort to do little more than bringing in as much money as possible. They administration isn't trying to win.

Those were built a long time ago and a lot has changed since their construction.

I'm m not surprised. Their reasoning is completely nonsense. Innovative? If a company introduced what they believed was a innovative product into their market place and people ran away in droves, heads would roll. But then again, they do get a lot of calls from their friends when the games are on.

He was the right guy at the right time. He probably over spent some, but the University is better now than when I went to school and well positioned for the future. If I misremember this someone correct me. I think last year the dorms were full for the first time in a while. This is a good sign. These kids transition to off campus housing at some point and that is also a good thing as long as the dorms stay full. I'm very bullish on the future of the University and the City of Akron.

Very good. Thanks for posting. Their answers supporting MACtion range from nonsensical to complete BS. It has been horrible for the league. They think it's innovative? In what way? These people are morons. Am I the only one who noticed how few of their answers referenced their athletic departments benefiting the athletes students alumni fans and general communities around their schools? MAC athletic directors could give a flying poop about the schools they work for.

3-9, 4-8 tops. Until I see signs of life in the program, that's what I'm going with.

I think it's gross.

Cincinnati and Miami are heading in divergent directions. In the long run, Miami can't keep up. It's better they do this now rather than wait too long. It's the smart play. It's similar to why Akron doesn't play home and home games with Youngstown State.

I understand there is an interesting series of articles in the Canton Repository about QBs. A recent one has been about MAC quarterbacks and the transfer portal. Discusses the past stability the MAC had with QBs in the form of Edelman, Frye, Roethlisber et al. There is a paywall so the link I have won't helpful. Maybe someone can do a better job than I can linking it.

It's the type of sanity we don't often see in the MAC.

This is good news, bad news. The bad news is we are not well thought of. The good news is we are so far down the list we aren't very visible.

This will be an interesting time for Wake Forest. I don't anticipate them being any better than last year this coming year. Two losing seasons doesn't get Clawson fired. A third might. I don't think Clawson or Wake functions at the necessary level of sleaze to compete well in the current state of college football. I could see Wake having a losing season in 2025 and relieving Clawson. It would be an early season game for a new coaching staff.

This game has the ACC CW game of the week written all over it.

I agree. They are reasonable until they aren't.

I'll be in the orange lot along the tree line in the shade. Bring your own Mountain Fried Chicken and Foothills Brewery.

They need to win because they need some momentum with the program. If it's only about making money, the athletes students alumni fans and general community around Akron are not being well served by a department at a state run university. I haven't been less interested in college football starting in forever, but I don't think I'm the target audience anymore. The target audience has gone from football fans to degenerate gamblers and drunks. As many know I have Wake Forest season tickets. This will be the last year I buy them before the early known starting times are released. So far, four of their six home games are starting at 6:30 or later. This is just terrible. I'm not interested in sitting in a college football stadium at 11 PM watching Wake Forest vs Cal so the conferences can pocket some extra cash by selling gambling app advertisements. I don't mind one or two 7PM starts, but this is ridiculous. There is a good chance I've flushed at least $600 of the $1,200 I spend on tickets down the drain, but it won't happen next year. Here is the catch. I think that as long as there is TV money flowing in, they don't care about my game experience or money for that matter. College football has quickly been ruined. They have turned the buzz of college football anticipation into a quiet hum matches only by those who aren't good at singing in church.

Miami, VA Tech, Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Boston College were also in the Big East before joining the ACC. It was an easy decision back then and an easier decision today. UCONN has a great basketball program and have won national championships under three different coaches in the past 25 years. I would argue they would get even better in the ACC because the level of competition would draw even better recruits than they are already getting.

With the exception of basketball, the Big Ten already has a Rutgers. The ACC makes more sense. Nobody in the ACC is going anywhere anytime soon. FSU can whine, but they signed a contract.

I'm not disagreeing, just asking. Where are they going to go? ACC comes to mind. The limits on NIL are interesting. There are limits to NIL, but not income per player in general. Theoretically, the two schools could stay and they could find external revenue sources for players in key sports.

Maybe they finally looked at their checkbooks. Reality is a powerful motivator.